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London (CNN)Black people in the UK are four times more likely to die from Covid-19 than white people and a number of other ethnic groups are also at an increased risk, according to new data released Thursday. A report by the Office for National Statistics f…

LONDON (Reuters) - Black people and men of Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin are nearly twice as likely to die from the COVID-19 disease than whites, even when adjusting data for deprivation, a new British report said on Thursday. The statistics chimed with reports in other Western nations, from Finland to the United States, that non-white…

News Deborah Gatewood was turned away from the hospital where she worked before she died. Photo Credit: Fox2Detroit A Black nurse who spent 31 years working for Beaumont Hospital in Farmington Hills died after experiencing COVID-19 symptoms and was turned away four times from the hospital, according to Fox2Detroit. The tragic story of Deborah Gatewood is another reminder of the struggles…

As a clearer picture emerges of COVID-19’s decidedly deadly toll on black Americans, leaders are demanding a reckoning of the systemic policies they say have made many African Americans far more vulnerable to the virus, including inequity in access to health care and economic opportunity.A growing chorus of medical professionals, activists and political figures are…